15 years of the best of game-based arts and culture

In terrifying, supercool, and futuristic development, you can now print gun parts

Attention, Nerf and paintball enthusiasts: you can now print your very own gun parts! The amateur gunsmith Michael Guslick downloaded the blueprints for the frame of an AR-15, a close cousin to the M-16.  In this case, Gunslick used commercial off-the-shelf parts to manufacture his gun and used the

Here’s how to make a Portal turret. Get to work you lazy IRL scientists

Ever wonder what the insides of your enemies look like? Not just the blood or wires, but their innermost core? For Portal 2 turrets, this would be the personality core. Artist Alex Gabbott reveals the inner workings of the turrets in this cross-section. The turrets are too small for the batteries th

What’s news in games: humans, fantasy creatures sign peace deal, and more

Noteworthy developments in the worlds of gaming, gathered from Kill Screen stringers embedded in hotspots around the universe. -The various races of the failed state Tyria signed a landmark ceasefire Monday. The humans, the norn, and the asura agreed that their decades of squabbling had distracted t

Poly-fantastic skating game Zenith makes motion a pleasure.

Augmenting reality, whether it’s through portals, free running, or controlling gravity, is a videogame specialty. A group of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute students take advantage of the thrill of speed in their skating game, Zineth. Their trailer makes all the skating look easy, but there is a te

I never thought I’d play a board game about competitive eating.

At this year’s No Quarter exhibition at NYU, amongst the flashier digital entries, Zach Gage debuted one of the strangest card games I’d ever seen. Titled Guts of Glory, it was turn-based eat em’ up that has you channeling the carnal powers of appetite to outconsume your opponents. At the time, it w

One of our favorite games of 2011, Bastion, storms onto iPad.

One of the more frustrating pieces of recommending games to friends is the not-so-stunning realization that not everyone has every major game console, tablet, and so forth on the market. So when a game like Bastion strolls along, telling friends about it is not nearly enough. You want them to play i

iOS base-jumping classic AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!!! is 99 cents today.